Philadelphia Orchestra loses another player

Peter Dobrin

Culture Writer

Peter Dobrin is a classical music critic and culture writer. Born in New York, raised in Miami, he has an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.

Noah Geller, a first violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, will leave his position to become concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony this fall.

"I probably would have done it whether the [Philadelphia] orchestra was in this financial situation or not, because it’s the direction I’d like to move my career in," Geller told me recently. "Concertmaster is a very rewarding position," said the violinist.

Geller, who joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2008, is currently acting assistant concertmaster.